Obit: Helm, Delores #2 (1930 - 1971)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Helm, Pieper, Sommers, Olson, Rueth, Fricke, Lauenstein, King

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co, WI) 11/04/1971

Helm, Delores (1 December 1930 - 30 October 1971)

Funeral services for Mrs. James (Delores) Helm, 40, of Loyal, who died of accidental asphyxiation at her home October 30, were held Tuesday, November 2, at 11 a.m. from St. Anthony’s Catholic Church. The Rev. Norbert E. King officiated and burial was made in St. Anthony’s Cemetery. K. C., P. C. C. W. and general Rosary services were held at the Roycraft Funeral Home, where the body of Mrs. Helm was in state.

Mrs. Helm the former Delores Pieper, was born December 1, 1930, in the Town of Beaver, where she spent her early life. After her October 26, 1949, marriage to James Helm, she and her husband lived in Loyal. Mrs. Helm, a member of St. Anthony’s Catholic Church and of its Altar Society, was employed in Marshfield at the time of her death.

Survivors, in addition to her husband, include her father, Arnold Pieper, of Loyal; and three children, Mrs. Jeff (Sandra) Sommers of Stevens Point, Sharon Helm of Kenosha and Randy Helm, at home. She is also survived by four sisters, Mrs. Arthur (Beverly) Olson, Mrs. Larry (Joyce) Rueth and Mrs. David (Karen) Fricke, all of Loyal and Mrs. Jim (Marlene) Lauenstein of Milwaukee; and by one brother, Delmar Pieper, of Spencer.